US and EU should join forces to check China's influence in Africa, Indo-Pacific, Republican senator proposes

Cooperation between the United States and European Union is “all the more important” in the Indo-Pacific and Africa to counter growing Chinese influence in those areas, according to a new report by the chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee.This comes as the EU is reportedly planning to ask US President-elect Joe Biden's incoming administration to seize a “once in a generation” opportunity to forge a new global alliance to meet the “strategic challenge” posed by China.Calls for a…